Planning and Implementing Windows Server 2008 Servers

Preparing to Deploy the Windows Server 2008 R2 Image

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Develop a deployment strategy.

Determine factors that affect the implementation of virtualization within your organization.

Select a strategy for deployment automation.

Implement the selected automation strategy.

This module explains how to plan for server management and delegated administration on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 environments

Remote Server Management Tools

Decentralizing Systems Administration

Create an administrative-level role group

Creating an account management group

Enable and configure auditing for sensitive groups

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan for the implementation and use of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 remote management tools.

Plan and Implement decentralized systems administration.

This module explains how to plan for IPv4 and IPv6 addressing in your network and to plan and implement DNS and DHCP in a Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 environment

Provisioning IPv4 Addresses on Enterprise Networks

Provisioning IPv6 Addresses on Enterprise Networks

Transitioning to IPv6

Provisioning DNS Services on Enterprise Networks

Planning the Deployment of DHCP and DNS Servers

Implementing DNS

Implementing DHCP

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Provision an IPv4 addressing scheme within your organization.

Provision an IPv6 addressing scheme within your organization.

Plan the transition to IPv6.

Plan and implement DNS name resolution services within your organization’s network.

This module explains how to plan and provision Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 environments.

Deploying Domain Controllers in Multi-Site Organizations

Planning Administrative and Management Structures for AD DS

Planning a Maintenance Strategy for AD DS

Planning a Backup and Restore Strategy for AD DS

Planning an Active Directory Structure

AD DS Backup and Recovery

Configuring Active Directory Recycle Bin

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Identify considerations for deploying domain controllers in multi-site organizations.

Plan administrative and management structures for AD DS

Plan a maintenance strategy for AD DS

Plan a backup and recovery strategy for AD DS.

This module explains how to plan and implement Group Policy strategy n Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 environments

Planning Group Policy Settings

Planning the Assignment of Group Policies

Planning the Management of Group Policy Objects

Planning Group Policy

Implementing the Proposed GPO Plan

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan GPO settings.

Plan the assignment of group policy objects to AD DS containers.

Plan how to manage GPOs within your organization.

This module explains how to plan Active Directory Certificate Services in Windows Server 2008 and Window Server 2008 R2 environments.

Enterprise PKI Deployment and Administration

Managing Certificate Templates

Planning Certificate Enrollment and Revocation

Planning Certificate Services Deployment

Configure Stand-alone Root and Enterprise Subordinate CA

Configure Key Archiving and Recovery

Configure Online Certificate Status Protocol Array

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan enterprise PKI deployment and administration

Manage Certificate templates

Plan certificate enrollment and revocation

This module explains how to plan and provision application servers in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 environments.

Planning and Provisioning Web Services

Planning and Provisioning Presentation Virtualization

Planning and Provisioning Application Virtualization

Planning Application Deployment

Configuring Remote Desktop Policies

Installing and Configuring a Remote Desktop Gateway

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan and provision web application servers.

Plan and provision remote desktop services

Plan and provision application virtualization servers.

This module explains how to plan and implement File and Print services in your Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 environment.

Provisioning File Services

Provisioning and Managing Storage

Provisioning and Managing Network Print Services

Migrating File and Print Services

Planning File Services

Implementing File Services in the Branch Office

Implementing Print Services in the Branch Office

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan and implement the file service role.

Plan and manage storage.

Plan and manage shared printers.

Plan the migration of file and print services to Windows Server 2008 R2

This module explains how to plan and implement your network infrastructure components in your Windows Server 2008 and Windows server 2008 R2 environment.

Planning Network Security

Planning Virtual Private Networks

Planning Network Access Protection

Planning DirectAccess

Planning Network Access

Implementing Network Access

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan network infrastructure components to improve network security

Plan and implement VPNs

Plan and implement NAP

Plan DirectAccess

This module explains how to provision data and storage in your Windows Server 2008 and Windows server 2008 R2 environment.

Planning and Implementing Distributed File System

Planning and Implementing BranchCache

Provisioning Storage

Planning Data Access

Installing and Configuring DFS

Enabling and Configuring BranchCache

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan and implement the Distributed File System.

Plan and implement BranchCache.

Provision an appropriate storage solution.

This module explains how to plan and implement a Windows Server Update Service topology and how to deploy and manage updates in your Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 environment.

WSUS Topologies

Update Management

Analyze WSUS Deployment Plan

Configure a Replica WSUS Server

Configure WSUS for BranchCache

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan an appropriate Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) topology

Deploy and manage updates

This module explains how to plan and implement High Availability in your Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 environment.

Planning Network Load Balancing

Planning Failover Clustering

Planning for Service Availability

Planning High Availability

Implementing High Availability

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan and deploy network load balancing.

Plan and deploy failover clustering.

Plan for high service availability.

This module explains how to plan for performance and event monitoring in your Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 environment.

Monitoring and Analyzing Server Performance

Managing Events

Planning Enterprise Event Log Management

Configuring Event Subscriptions

Creating Custom Views

Creating Event Tasks

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Monitor and analyze server performance.

Manage events.

This module explains how to plan for back ups and disaster recovery in your Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 environment

Disaster Recovery Concepts

Planning Windows Server Backup

Planning Recovery of Data and servers

Creating a Disaster Recovery Plan

Configure network backup with Windows Server Backup

Mount Backup VHD and Extract Data

Configure a Windows Server 2008 server to boot from backup VHD

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand Disaster Recovery Concepts

Plan Windows Server Backup

Plan recovery of data and servers